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NTSB accident investigation · Luscombe 8A · Shippensburg, PA · May 30, 1964

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
May 30, 1964
Place
Shippensburg, PA · SHIPPENSBURG, PA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N45480Luscombe 8A
Status
Completed · report September 25, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
183767

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1471  64/5/30    SHIPPENSBURG PA     LUSCOMBE 8A         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 41, 22 TOTAL
        TIME - 1600                    N45480              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIPPENSBURG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED

Aircraft

Registration
N45480
Reported as
Luscombe 8A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Shippensburg

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.